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Indian primary steel producers have rarely used product branding as a sales strategy, Jindal Steel & Power Limited has forayed into retail with the launch of Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars. The product brand Panther has been created to have a unique identity for JSPL in a highly undifferentiated & Commoditized TMT market. Our entry into retail is spurred with an aim to provide top quality reinforced bars to housing segment. Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars are inspired by the strength and agility of the powerful black feline and promises to empower every Indian home by offering strength and purity to its construction.

These rebars are technically advanced thermo-mechanically treated and are different from the rest owing to the state-of–the art manufacturing HYQST technology from the leaders in the rebar production M/S MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (NOW SIEMENS) of USA. The following points give Jindal PantherTM TMT Rebars an advantage over their competitors:

Weight/unit length: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars are rolled in close tolerance zone promising same strength than similar TMT of the same sectional properties.

Bendability: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars have high elongation which means that the TMT bars are capable of absorbing large amount of energy by plastic deformation before undergoing failure by fracture – a boon for constructions in the seismic zones.

Weld-ability: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars have low carbon equivalent and is directly related to hydrogen induced cold cracking which is the most common weld defect for steel. Higher concentration of carbon and other alloying element tend to increase hardness and decrease weld-ability.

Corrosion Resistant: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars have minimum or negligible residual stresses in order to prevent any chance of rusting. And also by micro-alloying with small amount of Cr and Cu besides low C content, coupled with the state-of-the-art rolling technology, which imparts excellent corrosion resisting properties in the TMT bars.

Earthquake Resistant: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars have high UTS/YS ratio which signifies that steel is capable of elongating to a large extent when loaded beyond yield point as in the situation of an earthquake. It is with this view that some of the international specifications stipulate fairly high values for the UTS / YS ratio.

Durability & Strength: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars have very low level of Sulphur and Phosphorous as they reduce the strength of the material and make them brittle.
Excess level of Sulphur can lead to hot shortness wherein the melting point of steel gets lowered, thus making steel more prone to failure under extreme high temperature conditions. Excess level of Phosphorous can lead to cold shortness wherein the steel undergoes brittle fracture while working in extremely cold condition and thus becomes more prone to cracking.

Cost Savings: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars have high UTS/YS ratio and high elongation which results in lesser consumption of the similar TMT of the same sectional properties but with low UTS/YS ratio and lesser elongation. As per studies TMT with high strength saves about 10-12% than corresponding lesser strength TMT.

Process Route: Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars are produced using the superior and clean steel billets produced at JSPL, Raigarh through the BF/DRI-EAF-LRF-CCM route with highly controlled steel chemistry with very low levels of sulphur and phosphorus (less than 0.035%), and very low levels of inclusion and tramp elements.

Jindal PantherTM TMT Rebars are produced using the superior and clean steel billets produced at JSPL, Raigarh through the BF/DRI-EAF-LRF-CCM route with highly controlled steel chemistry, very low levels of sulphur and phosphorus (less than 0.035%), and very low levels of inclusion and tramp elements.
Our Steel making and TMT manufacturing process has to pass through strict quality control norms in our laboratories, which are NABL (National Accreditation Board of Laboratories) certified, which confirms the purity and quality in Jindal PantherTM TMT Rebars.

Jindal PantherTM TMT Rebars are manufactured in a world class state-of-the-art rolling mill ensuring excellent yield strength exceeding the values mentioned in the standard IS-1786 and resulting in material saving of 14-15% compared to the TMT manufactured by the secondary producers.
The Steel consumption depends on the strength of the rebar. Higher the strength, lower will be the consumption.

Every Jindal PantherTM TMT Rebars possess “Jindal Panther 550D” along with the section, size and the ISI logo on it, embossed in clear 1 mt. intervals. Please do look for the authorized dealer/distributor certificate, before you buy Jindal Panther™ TMT Rebars from any shop.